- Install minicom via Fink [Fink minicom page]. In the Terminal, type fink install minicom
- Purchase the Keyspan PDA adapter. Install the driver and reboot
- Configure minicom. Type minicom -s in the Terminal, and select Serial port setup (using the up and down arrows). Set the serial device to look as follows:
Verify your "Serial Device" by looking through /dev on your computer for something that looks approximately like above. You might do ls /dev/cu* to find it fast. Don't choose /dev/cu.modem, and note the "E" settings -- this is what Cisco routers require, and note that there's no flow control of any kind. Save setup as dfl; this is the default config which minicom uses on launch.x A - Serial Device : /dev/cu.USA19QI191P1.1 x B - Lockfile Location : /sw/var/run x C - Callin Program : x D - Callout Program : x E - Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1 x F - Hardware Flow Control : No x G - Software Flow Control : No x x Change which setting?
You will need the following cabling:
- patch cable say 7" long
- Cisco rj45 to db9 converter with "Terminal" on oneside 74-0495-01 on the other
- db9 female to db9 male null modem cable
- Keyspan PDA converter
- #1 into the console port of the router
- #2 goes into #1
- #3 goes into #2
- #4 goes into #3 and into a USB slot on the back of your Mac.
IMPORTANT:
When you are done you must hang up the connection. Hit Control-A then hit z then hit x then hit Return. You will see Resetting Modem, and then you will exit out of minicom.

